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Saturday, September 16, 2017

I was on the verge of giving up. I kept telling myself "Just let go!" When things around me is not right and I feel helpless and powerless to correct or oppose the wrong, I told my self, convincingly, to just quit.

It started with disappointments which became frustrations then anger and then everything burnt to nothingness. No passion, no motivation, uninspired, depressed. Everything looked bleak to me. Everything became unappealing. Satisfaction guaranteed. Not. I was either doing things halfheartedly or doing nothing at all. Just getting by. And surprisingly, I cared less.

Apathy.

Regret.

Negative emotions clouded over me.

I was like a vessel of water with holes.

Drip.

Drip.

Drip.

I was almost empty.

Just hanging by a thread.

Holding a match, ready to strike and burn bridges and get burnt in the process.

I began to question my purpose. I asked so many "Why?" Said so many "what if" , "Should have" or "shouldn't have".

I realized I was already moving towards self-destruction when things became more chaotic and this time, I was partly to blame. I have let the circumstances overpower me. I have lead my self into ruin when I should have been fighting against the enemy, the wrongdoings that is all around me, things that I have witnessed to be unjust. But instead, I was already fighting against me.

Then I am reminded of this movie. "Facing the giants."

It reminded me that God expect me to GIVE HIM MY VERY BEST, not give up. Not to quit. Not to give in. It reminded me that God is always before me, just like the coach, encouraging and telling me that He is with me all throughout my journey, all throughout my circumstances, all throughout my struggles, my despair, my needs. He is always ever before me, guiding, leading the way. And sometimes, I just have to close my eyes and stop looking at how big are my opponents, my problems. Instead, God wants me to LISTEN to His voice. That is all that matter. Just listen to Him when He is speaking and just shut all the noise that surrounds me. He wants me to FOCUS only on Him. That He is faithful. He is God. He never change and that HE LOVES ME.

Thursday, February 18, 2016

1. People are angry at Manny Pacquiao for comparing or calling them worse than animal but these very same people are reacting harshly by bashing and cursing Manny. What they're doing and how they are behaving actually proves Manny, not disprove him.

2. They are angry at Manny for "condemning" them but they are also condemning him. What makes them any different?

3. They are angry at Manny for thinking he is comparing them to animals and call him "bobo" and "IGNORANT" for not knowing that there are around 430 species of animals actually doing homosexual acts but they are JUSTIFYING their own deeds by that very same fact. Are they now admitting they are animals? If that is so, why are they angry in the first place? Oh yeah, "WORSE than animal" is different from "they are like animals."

If the question weren't about same sex marriage but about sin in general and Manny would still say that a man (or woman, straight or of different sexual preference/orientation) who continue to live in sin - not limited to sexual immorality but includes fornication, murder, lying, adultery and all the acts detestable in the sight of God and the acts of NOT doing what is good - despite of all the rebukes, will there be this same kind of UPROAR? I BELIEVE Manny's statement is not exclusively for the LGBT, for if we would ask him today, he will probably answer that it is applicable to ALL who sin especially to those who CONTINUALLY AND INTENTIONALLY sin.

What's more ironic is that MOST of the people who felt offended by Manny's unintentional derogatory comment ARE ALSO GUILTY OF CALLING ANOTHER HUMAN BEING AS "BUANG (Fool)!", "ANIMAL KA!", "YAWA/DEMONYO KA!" "PUT*NG INA MO" :-D By the way I am not cussing, just PLAINLY citing a few examples. There are still plenty but I will not write them down here.

I BELIEVE NO ONE DESERVES TO BE CALLED OR TREATED AS SUCH whether he/she is guilty of doing the same thing. And NO ONE has the right to condemn anyone who sins; THEIR SINS HAVE ALREADY CONDEMNED THEM. Unless we want to replace Satan from his JOB OF ENTICING MAN TO TAKE THE BAIT OF SIN AND THEN CONDEMNING MAN ONCE HE IS HANGING BY THE HOOK, we should not condemn.

BY SAYING NOT CONDEMNING, I AM NOT SAYING WE MUST CONDONE THE SIN. Hate the sin but do not hate the sinner. Love the sinner but do not love their sin. Is this possible? YES. If you would not believe that we are capable of this, then are you doubting that GOD HATES YOUR SIN YET HE LOVES US? Compared to men, GOD HAS EVERY RIGHT TO CONDEMN BECAUSE HE IS HOLY AND PERFECT but HE CHOSE TO GIVE US GRACE! LET US NOT ABUSE IT!

WE ARE ALL SINNERS. We have defiled ourselves in one way or another. Our sin may be different from the sins of others but it is sin all the same. SOME (not all) LGBT are committing sexual impurity, defiling their body w/c is supposedly the temple of God BUT HAVE WE NOT DEFILED OURSELVES too with just another type of sin? CURSING, GOSSIPING, BACKSTABBING, WATCHING PORNOGRAPHY, LYING, GAMBLING, ENVY, just naming a few. DOES THIS MEAN WE SHALL CONTINUE SINNING BECAUSE WE ARE ALL GUILTY OF IT OR THAT EVERYBODY'S DOING IT? BY ALL MEANS NO! We are still ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD and will someday face His judgment. BUT GRACE, MERCY AND HIS SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL. REPENT, TURN AWAY FROM SIN AND THEN ACCEPT THE SAVIOUR!

BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE SINNED, SHALL WE SAY THEN THAT WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO REBUKE SOMEONE SIMPLY BECAUSE WE TOO HAVE SINNED?

Boy Abunda said in response to Manny's statement, "WHO ARE YOU? WHO ARE YOU MANNY PACQUIAO TO CALL THE LGBT WORSE THAN AN ANIMAL?" Who is Manny Pacquiao? Manny Pacquiao has never denied who he was and what kind of man he was before he came to know God. Though he must have been ashamed of who he was, he is now open in telling what sin he has committed in order to show the people the power of God, how God is able to forgive and change him. He WAS an ADULTERER, a womanizer, committed sexual immorality with women, a GAMBLER, IDOLATER, he CURSED. But he is a changed man now.

Anyone who is STILL GUILTY of sin has no right to rebuke another person. In fact, he has to remove first the plank in his own eyes before he can remove the plank of dirt in his brother's eye. In other words, a person who is still continually living in sin. With Manny Pacquiao, he has already surrendered his life to the Lord and his sins has been forgiven. Therefore he is no longer guilty of sin, Christ has become his righteousness. Manny Pacquiao is only confident to speak God's word because he has been set free and Satan can no longer condemn him of his past sins because THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION IN CHRIST. If he is still hiding any sin in his life, then he is a hypocrite and he will be accountable to God. Since Manny Pacquiao is now a change man and a follower of Christ, he is ALREADY AT PEACE WITH GOD AND WITH HIMSELF.

Now, who is he again and BY WHAT AUTHORITY IS MANNY DOING THIS THING? JESUS was asked the same question. (Just read Matthew 21:23, 24, 27; Matthew 28:18; Mark 6:7; Luke 10:19). By whose authority? BY GOD! Obviously it is from God. Why would many people who are guilty of the said sin get BURNED by the Word of God spoken by Manny if it is not from GOD. Take Vice Ganda for instance! He calls Manny a false prophet. Well, let me educate you MISTER Vice Ganda, False prophets are those who SUGARCOAT the word of God and TAILOR-FIT it to your liking by telling you lies and WHITEWASH your sins. Obviously, Manny Pacquaio is not a false prophet since you got HAMMERED AND SCALDED by the word of God he spoke.

To the LGBT community, telling you the truth is not condemnation. IT IS AN ACT OF LOVE. It is time that you should be reminded of your sins because maybe you have already thought to yourselves that you are doing just fine BECAUSE NOBODY IS BRAVE ENOUGH TO TELL YOU GOD'S TRUTH. That's the problem. Only very few are standing up for what is right. That's why you became so confident and bold and excited with the idea that you can marry the same sex. If NON-DISCRIMINATIONto LGBTs means approving of same sex marriage and the act of men having sex with men/women to women and DISCRIMINATING GOD and His law, then I would rather discriminate you. SORRY. HUMANS ARE NOT ANIMALS BUT SOMETIMES WE ACT AND BEHAVE FAR WORSE THAN AN ANIMAL. Do you think the fact that the existence of 430 more or less animal specie in animalandia justify your actions? Having sex with your own specie is DETESTABLE in God's sight. It is no different from CANNIBALISM.YOU ARE NOT AN ANIMAL FOR CHRIST'S SAKE! After defiling your body which is the temple of God by having sex with the same sex, now you want to DEFILE MARRIAGE too? DON'T YOU KNOW THAT IT IS GOD WHO INSTITUTED MARRIAGE? DO NOT EXPECT US CHRISTIANS TO BE SILENT AND CONTINUE TO KEEP A BLIND EYE. If we will keep silent, DONKEY WILL SPEAK IN BEHALF OF GOD!
We all want to be respected, yes? BUT WHY CAN'T WE RESPECT GOD?ANIMALS ARE NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD, HUMANS ARE. For whom the Law given to Moses is for? Is it for animals to follow? Is it not for men/women? YES, VICE GANDA. NO ONE, NOT EVEN ONE HAS STRICTLY AND PERFECTLY OBEYED THE LAW OF GOD WHICH ARE MANY OR THE 10 COMMANDMENTS BUT THIS FACT DOES NOT GIVE US ANY LICENSE TO SIN!AGAIN, I'M SORRY. I AM SORRY IF YOU ARE HURT BY WHAT I WROTE. BUT I WILL NEVER BE SORRY FOR STANDING UP FOR GOD.
As I've said earlier in my post, I AM NOT CONDEMNING YOU. I do not have the right. Because I too have sinned. We don't nee more hypocrites and self-righteous people in the world, right? I AM ONLY STANDING ON GOD'S GRACE. But I will rebuke you if I have to. I RESPECT YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE BUT I JUST CANNOT TOLERATE THE ACT OF SEX WITH THE SAME SEX AND SAME SEX MARRIAGE. IF GOD SAYS IT IS SIN, THEN IT IS SIN.OPEN REBUKE IS BETTER THAN HIDDEN LOVE. Should you rather keep quiet, watch your love ones committing SUICIDE and "respect" that love one's actions? TO EACH HIS OWN? It's up to you. YES, SUICIDE. SINNING CONTINUALLY IS SUICIDE. SIN KILLS US and we NEED GOD to rescue us.

Vice Ganda, Boy Abunda, and the rest of the LGBT Community, this is how I see and look at you:

YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOUR ACTIONS ARE. You are more than what your actions are. You are beautiful as a person regardless of your sexual orientation or preference. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THOUGH THAT YOU WON'T BE HELD LIABLE WITH YOUR ACTIONS.

YOU ARE NOT SIN BUT A PERSON WHO HAS THE FREE WILL TO COMMIT OR NOT TO COMMIT SIN. So don't feel hopeless or rejected whenever you commit one, JUST RISE ABOVE IT! YOU ARE STRONGER THAN YOUR EMOTIONS. Yes, dear, you may feel attracted to the same sex and we "straight" can never truly understand your struggles but you have the power to NOT ALLOW YOUR HEART TO DECEIVE YOU. YOUR FEELINGS ARE NEVER YOUR MASTER. YOU CAN KEEP YOUR SELF FROM SINNING OR PUT YOURSELF IN BONDAGE WITH SIN. YOU HOLD THE KEY. YOUR SUCCESS AND YOUR FAILURE HAS VERY LITTLE TO DO WITH YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. Nobody should see you as a failure because of your sexual preference.

You say you never wish to be a gay or lesbian or bisexual. You just woke up to be like that ,with having both X and Y chromosomes. I don't believe that. But I do believe that there are female/male whose body which produces more male/female hormones. IF THAT IS SO, ISN'T IT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GLORIFY GOD MORE INSTEAD OF JUST GIVING IN TO YOUR HORMONES?GOD LOVES YOU.

Monday, November 11, 2013

People die.All will.Though different in waysBut life, as surely as it has a start, has also an end.War, Famine, Calamities, AccidentsThese are just some of the few ways of dyingAside from illness and old age.Is death something to be feared?Could anyone possibly be ready?1 Corinthians 15:55-57 says,“ 'Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?'The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."So, if you are in Christ, what can death do to you?For in Christ, death is just a door to eternity.Here's the catch though:Eternity is a coin with two sides-Heaven or Hell-But unlike tossing a coin in the airOur eternity does not depend by chanceSo decide Today.Choose Jesus and you will be secure eternally.GOD BLESS PHILIPPINES!GOD BLESS ISRAEL!-L;) 11/11/13

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Want to know more about God? Want to draw nearer to Him? God said, "Draw near to me and I will draw near to you." (James 4:8) This blog is my way of drawing near to God through Bible journal (which I post here as a blog), writing poems and through drawing (art). I've posted some of my personal letters to God and the poems I wrote during the most difficult time in my life, hoping that it will give you encouragement and will usher you to draw nearer to God too not only in times of despair but also during happy times.

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Born on the 8th of November, she is the youngest in the family. She accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior and became a Christian when she was in 1st year college (16 years old). She had dry seasons and even went to the extent of backsliding. She stopped going to church for two years. She was still a baby Christian during that time but the Lord never stop reaching out to her. God used her Bible Study leader, who was also very patient with her and persevered and continued their one-on one study with God's Word. God also used her co-major/classmate who is also a Christian, invited her to spend a night in their boarding house for Cell group/Devotional and to go to church. That comaj fellowship to that same church/campus ministry she used to attend. One Sunday, February 5, 2006, she recommit herself to the Lord after a personal encounter with God. Now, she is a worship leader (glory to God alone) and is persevering to stand firm in the faith to the very end, wanting to know God more and more and fall in love with Him deeply.